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Berlin, Germany | AFP | Saturday 4/15/2023 by Sebastien ASH Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. While many Western countries are upping their investments in atomic energy to reduce their emissions, Germany is bringing an early end to its nuclear age. Europe’s largest economy has been […]
by Sophie MAKRIS Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany will shut down its three remaining nuclear plants on Saturday, betting that it can fulfil its green ambitions without atomic power despite the energy crisis caused by the Ukraine war. The cloud of white steam that has risen since 1989 over the river in Neckarwestheim, near Stuttgart, will soon be a distant memory, as will the Isar 2 complex in Bavaria and the Emsland plant […]
by Deborah COLE Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Transport staff across Germany are set to stage a major strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation, as passengers brace for serious disruptions. Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe’s top economy are expected to heed a call by the Verdi and EVG unions to the 24-hour walkout. “A labour struggle that has […]
Several people have been killed in a shooting in a Jehovah’s Witnesses church in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead found in the building, German police said Thursday. Shots rang out at the church in the Grossborstel area, with the first emergency made at around 2015 GMT, a police spokesman at the scene said. “Several people were seriously injured, some even fatally,” police said on Twitter. “At the moment there […]
Several people have been killed in a shooting in a church in Hamburg, German police said Thursday. The shooting took place at around 9pm, police said, adding that there were “one or more unknown” assailants. “According to first indications, shots were fired in a church in Deelboege street in the Grossborstel district. Several people were seriously injured, some even fatally,” police said on Twitter. They alerted people to an “extreme danger” in the area using […]
Hamburg, Germany | AFP | Several people have been killed in a shooting in a church in Hamburg, German police said Thursday. “According to first indications, shots were fired in a church in Deelboege street in the Grossborstel district. Several people were seriously injured, some even fatally,” wrote police on Twitter. This is a developing story. © Agence France-Presse
PAZARCIK, Turkey (AFP) — Germany will double its relief aid in Turkey and Syria with an additional 50 million euros ($53 million) for victims of the deadly earthquake, two ministers announced Tuesday. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany wants “to make it clear that we, as a global community, see this catastrophe and we support the population”. Baerbock was speaking during a visit Tuesday to Pazarcik, in southern Turkey, along with German Interior Minister Nancy […]
Berlin, Germany | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 Several German airports said on Thursday their websites were down due to suspected cyberattacks, the latest instance of online sabotage in the country. Airports in Duesseldorf, Nuremberg and Dortmund said they were affected, while at least two others were reported to have been hit. German news outlet Der Spiegel said a group of Russian hackers had claimed responsibility for the attack, although there was no comment from authorities […]
Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 Germany’s second-largest lender Commerzbank said Thursday its net profit tripled in 2022 as the bank prepares for reentry into the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s blue-chip DAX index. The group said it made a bottom-line profit of 1.44 billion euros ($1.54 billion) in 2022, up from 430 million euros the previous year. The result showed Commerzbank’s “turnaround is a success” after years of poor performance and restructuring efforts, CEO Manfred […]
German prosecutors said Thursday there was no indication of a terrorist motive in a knife attack on a train that killed two teenagers and wounded several other passengers. A 33-year-old suspect named only as Ibrahim A., a stateless man of Palestinian origin, has been detained over Wednesday’s stabbing spree on the route between the northern cities of Hamburg and Kiel. “There are no indications of a terrorist background,” Peter Mueller-Rakow, a spokesman for the local […]
Madrid, Spain | AFP | Spain said Wednesday it was ready to send some of its German-made Leopard tanks to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia after Berlin granted approval for their European transfers. “Spain is ready… to deal with our allies in any way necessary, whether that means sending Leopards, training in the use of Leopards or help in their maintenance and upkeep,” Defence Minister Margarita Robles said. Her remarks came shortly after Berlin said […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – US auto giant Ford is planning to axe 3,200 jobs in Germany, a union said Monday, adding it was extremely concerned about the future of the company’s sites in Europe’s top economy. The news came amid fears in the EU that companies could shift their operations to the United States because of the recently passed landmark Inflation Reduction Act that offers tax cuts for US-made electric cars and batteries. A spokesman for […]
